Sebrae - Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service

Qualifying entrepreneurs and seeking sustainable development conditions for small businesses

Sebrae is a great partner of the small Brazilian entrepreneur. It is a non-profit private institution, supporting the development of small-sized business activity, a result of the union of both the public and private sectors, and the country's main fostering and research entities.

The coordination of its actions and policies is carried out by the National Deliberative Council, made up of more than 350 institutions represented by the government, business entities, and educational and research institutions. 

SEBRAE´s budget comes from the 0.3% contribution incurred on medium a big  companies' payroll.

Most of these resources are utilized in programs and actions that  include credit and capitalization support, sectorial and regional development, professional and technological qualification,  among many others that strengthen and foster the creation of new productive chains

Another important aid to small enterprises has come up in the Brazilian legislation, to which Sebrae has granted great efforts. The Federal Constitution establishes, in article 179, a differentiated treatment for these companies. The Statute of the Micro and Small Enterprise sought to establish a legal framework favorable to small businesses, while the FÁCIL (The Easy One) program increased the quickness and practicality of procedures to open and register a company. The SIMPLES (The Simple One), the single tax for small companies, sought to reduce the tax and social security load and simplify, in a sharp form,  bureaucratic processes.